> It is a slow day in a damp little Irish town. The rain is beating
> down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in
> debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich
> German tourist is driving through the town, stops at the local hotel
> and lays a €100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to
> inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night. The
> owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked
> upstairs, the hotelier grabs the €100 note and runs next door to pay
> his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the €100 note and runs down
> the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes
> the €100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and
> fuel. The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the €100 note and runs to pay
> his drinks bill at the pub. The publican slips the money along to the
> local prostitute drinking at the bar, who has also been facing hard
> times and has had to offer him "services" on credit. The hooker then
> rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with
> the €100 note. The hotel proprietor then places the €100 note back on
> the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything. At that
> moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the €100 note,
> states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and
> leaves town. No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However,
> the whole town is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot
> more optimism.
>
> >
>
> >And that, ladies and Gentlemen, is how the bailout package works.
>
Topic: Irish bailout (Read 2754 times)
